"People driving into sushi restaurants and stuff. It's been pretty crazy,” said Jason Johnson, a father of two who lives near the police station.

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On Thursday, officers responded to a call of shots fired at Atkins Drive and Whitelock Parkway, the same intersection where a car smashed into the Wrap N’ Roll sushi burrito restaurant.

Both incidents were connected to another call of shots fired less than a mile away.

"We arrested four individuals. We recovered one handgun that was under a child seat,” Elk Grove police spokesperson Christopher Trim said.

The arrests happened Friday.

Some of the incidents also happened near schools, and that has parents on high alert.

Earlier in the week, a 14-year-old Toby Johnson Middle School student was robbed at gunpoint not far from the school. Then on Thursday, a Franklin High School student made online threats warning students not to come to school on Friday.

"I wouldn't think of it happening in Elk Grove, much less by my old high school,” said Ashley Dinsdale, who attended Franklin High School.

On Friday night, a man shot at his girlfriend and family before turning the gun on himself, police said. Officers found his body on Bruceville Road.

"My concerns are my family might be in danger,” said Noah Moreno, who lives at the apartment complex on Bruceville Road.

Police have taken action by increasing patrols in the East Franklin area of Elk Grove. The police chief also plans to meet with the city council this week to talk about the recent violence, according to Trim.

"We are doing everything we can to make sure that we can contain this -- and make sure it stays isolated and it doesn't grow any larger than it has,” Trim said.